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Anšlavs Eglītis (14 October 1906 n.s. – 4 March 1993) was a Latvian author, journalist, and artist. He was the son of author Viktors and teacher and translator Marija Eglītis.

Biography
Anšlavs Eglītis was born 14 October 1906, in Riga. During World War I the family escaped to the interior of Russia, where Eglītis began his schooling in Sormovo. His mother contracted tuberculosis in Russia during this time. The family returned to Latvia in 1918, settling at first in Alūsksne. Eglītis later expressed the influences of this time in Alūksne in his play, "Cilvēks grib spēlēt" (The Person Wants to Play).

In 1919, Eglītis moved to Rīga and began attending Gymnasium (high school) #2 and attending Valdemars Tone's art studio. He came down with tuberculosis in 1925 and left for Switzerland for treatment at the Leisenes Sanatorium not far from Geneva. About that same time his mother died from her case of tuberculosis contracted in Russia. Eglītis published his first poem, "Lords" in 1926.

Eglītis graduated from the Latvian Art Academy in 1935 and started work as an art instructor. His first collection of stories, Maestro, was published in 1936. He began working at the newspaper Jaunākās Ziņas ("Latest News") in 1938, and from 1940 to 1941 he also worked with the magazine "Atpūta" ("Recreation"), and kept himself occupied writing. In October 1944 he fled ahead of the Soviet re-invasion to Courland and from there to Germany. His father was arrested and died in a Soviet prison. After his apartment burned down in the bombing of Berlin he resettled in Switzerland. In 1950 he emigrated to California. After settling in the United States, he authored approximately 50 works, considering himself primarily a novelist, and also published film and theater reviews as a member of the Hollywood Press Corps.

Eglitis died 4 October 1993 of cancer. His remains were cremated.

The Latvian Post issued a commemorative stamp in 2006 marking the centenary year of Eglītis' birth.

Poetry and prose

 * Maestro (1936)
 * Līgavu mednieki (1940)
 * Ģīmetne (1941)
 * Valdemārs Tone (1944)
 * Homo novus (1946)
 * Kazanovas mētelis (1946)
 * Teoduls Supersakso (1946)
 * Čingishana gals (1948)
 * Adžurdžonga (1950)
 * Sīkstā dzīvība (1950)
 * Laimīgie (1952)
 * Švābu kapričo (1952)
 * Cilvēks no mēness (1954)
 * Es nebiju varonis (1955)
 * Misters Sorrijs (1956)
 * Ilze (1959)
 * Malahīta dievs (1961)
 * Divi kāpieni (1961)
 * Vai te var dabūt alu? (1961)
 * Pansija pilī (1962)
 * Pēdējais raidījums (1963)
 * Nav tak dzimtene (1966)
 * Tiesa nāk (1967)
 * Bezkaunīgie veči (1968)
 * Pēdējais mohikānis (1969)
 * Cilvēks mežā (1970)
 * Lielais mēmais (1972)
 * Piecas dienas (1976)
 * Kas izpostīja latvisko stūrīti? (1977)
 * Vai zini zemi citronas kur zied? (1980)
 * Omartija kundze (1991)
 * Ciemiņš no dzimtenes (1992)
 * Dzejoļu krājumi
 * Vientulis un dzīrotājs (1938)

Plays

 * Kosmo konfirmācija (1943)
 * Par purna tiesu (1943)
 * Galma gleznotājs (1946)
 * Sandra (1953)
 * Kazanovas mētelis (posthumously, 2001)